Severe storms knock out power to 800,000 homes across US midwest

Powerful windstorms with gusts exceeding 80 mph swept through Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky on Tuesday, leaving at least three dead and causing widespread outages affecting roughly 800,000 customers, with Indiana experiencing the gre

First covered Aug 12, 2026 · 6:11 AM PT · 2 articles

Severe storms knock out power to 800,000 homes across US midwest — Image via theguardian.com

Coverage

1d Guardian Environment Severe storms cut power supply to 540,000 homes in US midwest — Indiana faced most outages at 267,000, about 8% of its customers, with severe thunderstorms and wind ahead Power supply was cut on Thursday ⁠to about 540,000…

2d Guardian Environment Powerful storms in US midwest leave three dead and 800,000 without power — Winds of more than 80mph, severe flooding and tornadoes swept through Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky Powerful storms swept across ⁠the midwest on…

Primary sources

poweroutage.us poweroutage.us — cited by 2 of the outlets above

More coverage from around the web

nbcnews.com 3 dead, almost 1 million without power as severe storms strike Midwest

yahoo.com Deadly, relentless storms batter Midwest and Ohio Valley, with more flooding ahead

foxweather.com Indiana flooding turns dire as more storms threaten Midwest amid widespread power outages | Fox Weather

1090kaay.com Deadly Midwest Storms Leave More Than 800,000 Without Power | 1090KAAY.com | KAAY-AM

wsbtv.com Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest

Appeared in: 2026-08-13 (#14)

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